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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>CONAD</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="con"> con (2), transitive verb, conned, conning.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to learn well enough to remember; study. Ex. Hunched at his desk, ceaselessly he conned his books. All his faults observed ... and conned by rote (Shakespeare). <DD> 2. to examine carefully; pore over. Ex. He ... stopped to con what he had written before advancing to be greeted by the Speaker (London Times). (SYN) peruse. </DL> <A NAME="con"> con (3), verb, conned, conning, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Nautical.) <DD>v.t. to direct the steering of (a ship). Ex. A local pilot familiar with the harbor steers, or cons, the ship out into deep water (P. V. H. Weems). <DD>noun 1. the act or process of conning. <DD> 2. the station taken by the person who cons. Also, conn. </DL> <A NAME="con"> con (4), adjective, verb, conned, conning.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD>adj. swindling; duping. Ex. a con game, a con man. <DD>v.t. to swindle; dupe. Ex. I was conned into buying an overpriced used car. I was just wondering how a neurasthenic bookworm had ever conned himself into bouncing through the African bush (S. J. Perelman). </DL> <A NAME="con"> con (5), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a rap with the knuckles; knock. </DL> <A NAME="con"> con (6), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) a convict. </DL> <A NAME="con"> con (7), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) consumption; tuberculosis. </DL> <A NAME="con"> con.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. against (Latin, contra). <DD> 2. concerto. <DD> 3. conclusion. <DD> 4. consolidated. <DD> 5. (Law.) consort; wife (Latin, conjunx). </DL> <A NAME="con"> Con.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Consul. </DL> <A NAME="con"> con-,<DL COMPACT><DD> (prefix.) the form of com- before n, as in connote, and before consonants except b, h, l, m, p, r, w, as in concern, conduct. </DL> <A NAME="conad"> CONAD (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Continental Air Defense, a joint command of the three United States services established to defend continental United States against air attack. </DL> <A NAME="conaffetto"> con affetto,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Italian, Music.) tenderly and with feeling (used as a direction). </DL> <A NAME="conamore"> con amore,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Italian.) <DD> 1. with love; with tenderness. Ex. He expatiated con amore on the charms of Florence (Henry James). <DD> 2. heartily; with enthusiasm. <DD> 3. (Music.) tenderly (used as a direction). </DL> <A NAME="conanima"> con anima,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Italian, Music.) with spirit (used as a direction). </DL> <A NAME="conarial"> conarial, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the conarium. </DL> <A NAME="conarium"> conarium, noun, pl. -naria. =pineal body.</DL> <A NAME="conation"> conation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Philosophy, Psychology.) the mental faculty or power of striving or effort, whether or not consciously, toward an end and including desire and volition (distinguished from cognition, knowing, and affection, feeling). </DL> <A NAME="conative"> conative, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (Philosophy, Psychology.) having to do with conation or striving. <DD> 2. (Grammar.) expressing endeavor. </DL> <A NAME="conatus"> conatus, noun, pl. -tus.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an effort; endeavor; striving. Ex. ... a conatus that can find no distinct object to rest upon (Thomas Chalmers). <DD> 2. a force, impulse, or tendency simulating a human effort; nisus. </DL> <A NAME="conbrio"> con brio,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Italian, Music.) vigorously (used as a direction). </DL> <A NAME="conc"> conc.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. concentrate. <DD> b. concentrated. <DD> c. concentration. <DD> 2. concerning. </DL> <A NAME="concamerated"> concamerated, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. divided into chambers. Ex. a concamerated shell. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) arched; vaulted. </DL> <A NAME="concameration"> concameration, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. concamerated or chambered formation. <DD> 2. a chamber or cell. </DL> <A NAME="concatenate"> concatenate, verb, -nated, -nating, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. to unite in a series or chain; link. <DD>adj. 1. linked together. <DD> 2. (Zoology.) united at the base by ridges, raised lines, etc., especially of rows, spines, or the like. noun concatenation. </DL> <A NAME="concave"> concave, adjective, noun, verb, -caved, -caving.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. hollow and curved like the inside of a circle or sphere; curving in. Ex. The palm of one's hand is slightly concave. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) hollow. <DD>noun a concave surface or thing. Ex. a shout that tore hell's concave (Milton). <DD>v.t. to make concave. adv. concavely. noun concaveness. </DL> <A NAME="concavity"> concavity, noun, pl. -ties.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. concave condition or quality. Ex. The convexity of the [airplane] wing's upper surface and the concavity of its lower aid this alternate gripping and slip-of the air (Atlantic). <DD> 2. a concave surface or thing; hollow. </DL> <A NAME="concavoconcave"> concavo-concave, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> concave on both sides. </DL> <A NAME="concavoconvex"> concavo-convex, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. concave on one side and convex on the other. Ex. Some lenses are concavo-convex. <DD> 2. having a greater degree of curvature on the concave face than on the convex face, and so being thinnest in the middle. </DL> <A NAME="conceal"> conceal, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to put or keep out of sight; hide. Ex. He concealed the ball behind his back. ... the complexity and hard work which real science involves ... is concealed in popular expositions (Arthur Beer). <DD> 2. to keep secret. Ex. She concealed her identity by wearing a mask. (SYN) shroud, veil, cloak, mask. adj. concealable. noun concealer. </DL> <A NAME="concealment"> concealment, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of hiding or keeping secret. Ex. The witness's concealment of facts prevented a fair trial. <DD> 2. a being hidden or kept secret. <DD> 3. a means or place for hiding. Ex. The tiger lay deep in his concealment of high grass. </DL> <A NAME="concede"> concede, verb, -ceded, -ceding.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1a. to admit as true; acknowledge. Ex. Everyone concedes that 2 and 2 make 4. I conceded that I had made a mistake. (SYN) admit. <DD> b. to allow formally for the sake of argument. Ex. Conceding that man is a biological structure, the speaker maintained that he is something more. <DD> 2. to allow (a person) to have; grant; yield. Ex. to concede the game. He conceded us the right to walk through his land. (SYN) accord. <DD>v.i. to make a concession. noun conceder. </DL> <A NAME="concededly"> concededly, adverb. =admittedly.</DL> <A NAME="conceit"> conceit, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. too much pride in oneself or in one's ability to do things. Ex. In his conceit, the track star thought that no one could outrun him. (SYN) vanity. <DD> 2. a pleasing fancy; whim. <DD> 3. a witty thought or expression, often a far-fetched one; a startling metaphor ingeniously worked out. <DD> 4. the use of these in writing. Ex. That ... liberty of conceit proper to the Poet (Sir Philip Sidney). <DD> 5. favorable opinion; esteem. <DD> 6. (Obsolete.) a thought; idea. <DD> 7. (Obsolete.) a fancy article; trifle. <DD>v.t. (Archaic.) 1. to conceive mentally; imagine. Ex. One of two bad ways you must conceit me, Either a coward or a flatterer (Shakespeare). <DD> 2. to have a good opinion of; flatter (oneself). <DD> 3. to take a fancy to. expr. out of conceit with, dissatisfied with. Ex. to be out of conceit with our lot in life (Cardinal Newman). </DL> <A NAME="conceited"> conceited, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. having too high an opinion of oneself or one's ability; vain. Ex. We heard no more of the conceited boy's great strength after he lost the fight. (SYN) egotistical, proud, self-satisfied. <DD> 2. (Dialect.) full of notions; fanciful; whimsical. <DD> 3. (Obsolete.) intelligent; ingenious; clever. adv. conceitedly. noun conceitedness. </DL> <A NAME="conceivability"> conceivability, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or condition of being conceivable. </DL> <A NAME="conceivable"> conceivable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be thought of; imaginable. Ex. We take every conceivable precaution against fire. noun conceivableness. adv. conceivably. </DL> <A NAME="conceive"> conceive, verb, -ceived, -ceiving.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to form in the mind; think up. Ex. The Wright brothers conceived the design of the first successful motor-powered plane (SYN) plan, devise, formulate. <DD> 2. to form (an opinion); think. <DD> 3. to experience or entertain (a feeling). Ex. He had conceived a dislike ... for this lady (Maria Edgeworth). <DD> 4. to imagine. Ex. It is difficult to conceive an effect without a cause. <DD> 5. to put into words; express. Ex. The warning was conceived in the plainest language. <DD> 6. to understand; comprehend. Ex. No one could conceive how such a machine could be constructed. <DD> 7. to become pregnant with. Ex. to conceive a child. <DD>v.i. 1. to have an idea or feeling; think (of). Ex. Young children cannot conceive of life without automobiles and television. We cannot conceive of such a thing happening. (SYN) imagine. <DD> 2. to become pregnant. noun conceiver. </DL> <A NAME="concelebrant"> concelebrant, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a clergyman who celebrates the Mass jointly with another or others. </DL> <A HREF="concent.dic">NEXT</A>